Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1887-09-10
A MINISTER'S EXPERIENCE.
A CINCINNATI Octogenarian Drives
a Dakota Binder.


\ late copy of the Cincinnati Telegram
received by Postmaster Egan of TT.
Totem from d. w. Huntington, a brother
of Col. Rice, contains the following lot
ter written by Rev. James c. White,
paster of the Poplar street Presbyterian
church. Mr.. White spent several weeks
in the vicinity Of Larimore II also WIS.,
tied Deyils Lake and Fit. Totten. The
reverend gentleman is SO years of age
and his experience on a Dakota binder
is very interesting:
DEAR FR1END-You wish to know
how I am spending my first vacation
from the incessant round of pastoral
work in Cincinnati for many years.
Well. I am neither hunting, fishing. nor
smoking in some sylvan shade. There
is neither hunting, fishing nor shade in
this region. And Tn glad of it. l be-
lievc the rest and recuperation, which
all ministers need from our intense and
exhaustive labors-and merchants rs
/ we'll as clergymon-is q chance of exer-
else, fresh air. change Of scenery, and
plenty of sleep. Take yesterday for an
example Of my vacation fo:two months.
Work in tho garden being over, and
the quick-coming harvest being at hand,
and u family of farm hands. numbering
twenty-five, and a family table of ten,
all as hungry AS bears, I began at 5 in
the morning, having slept under three
1 gathered five dozen ears of early sweet
corn and huskcd them ready for cook
ing. This corn l have hoed and nursed
from the beginning. Next, l picked and
shelled a peck Of beans, which l had
also hoed to PERFECTION, and made them
resdy for the"cook" and succotash.
Then I dug u bushel of now splendid
l ,>Ctnt,oo ,vntboral n fn,- ,,u,l> Nova
from the vines and u cabbage or two, to
make out a dinner with good salt beet.
bread and b~utter-buttcr which l had
myself churned, I churn twice II week
milk, tea and pudding, dinner tit for n
king and that would make n hotel
dinner at Il fashionable resort b"rst
~with-wcll, with longing. But after
family horse and take my daily ten or
fifteen mile ride among the richest,
longest, golden wheat fields that mar
yer saw.
This brings me to dinner with an ap-
petite only restrained by good sense and
the fear of my old enemy, dyspepsia
which, by tho way, l have not seen or
heard of amidst the Dakota winds and
waters, imprcgnatcd with more and bet
ter elements of health than II Sara
toga Spring water or the sea air Of
Coney Island, since l came among them.
After dinner / take 4 nap of All hour.
Then Yesterday l was out into the wheat
field, where were the ''reapcrs'-siX of
them on this farm. l chose the largest,
"'1u:in
~ ~ F" sevem-ioot c.'''ei. .w'ne ol.laer
ano IL nu"uie wv. p",''e") t'flleI;
Four or five sheaves arc bound beyond
u slip and aid i'll = winnow for tho
~"shockers' to put up on end in Il
shoIk Lor i.'i"s a'u natsc''l,E lor
Inc inreshe! anu tno Eran"ls. nest
DuhGle-carrierS save inc i'pof OF ono
smoker. rms pig Mctorinick reaper IS
drawn by iour large horses abreast. !
ny slue' ny won"et!.i .'iGttllsla'ltal
arrangement three OF the horses arc
upon one siue OF INC center poe. anu
their oralt ~ el:ia!'"eu 10 !.
l noun the hlsh seal on inc machine;
! nave Deside INC and before mo- anu
uhuer my ,cet, seEoh lovers loI opera
'"i' eae'l uo'.lS ""csler"'o WORN my
ProPhct WIN seven eyes on one STONE
SEQ Iacn,'';'.l now take inc rel'is
IN mana. la!k OF a railro'u engineer on
, the loot board, ana ono hand on inc
th!ottle anu ooth Dyes on INC ran! ! Ill
Il wizard compared to him. Compare Il
street car "rlNer' t"o horSes' one ofah'
ana an eye on. ior messengers: nc y no
where III COMPARISON. MY TOUR horses
, ana my seven 'throt.ica. or one
nIahe ''''h'he' HAS II" ran !" s"'''
any ho.'' ~
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roll,la an rlsllt all, sop TO on up.
nc otneI rcaptls ,t'e men! slve me !
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, tno ea'le' !iH'' ~ man over c'snly EG'i'
> OF ago. clty OF more ''la'
10 these men ana their fellow labor
j, crs on adjoining farms, ! have prcarhc,
:, the Gospel of the Son of God. on
weekday evening ma cl'tcrt;ti'ict
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